Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alternative combination: Australca grandis
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1955. The avifauna of the Bone Valley Formation. Florida Geological Survey Report of Investigations 14:1-57
Belongs to Alca according to N. A. Smith and J. A. Clarke 2011
See also Olson 1985, Olson 2007, Olson and Rasmussen 2001 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Alca ausonia, Alca carolinensis, Alca minor, Alca olsoni, Alca stewarti, Alca torda
Type specimen: Brodkorb 141, a limb element (right coracoid). Its type locality is American Agricultural Chemical Company, Brodkorb Locality 2, which is in a Tortonian coastal sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at American Agricultural Chemical Company, Brodkorb Locality 2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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